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i have tried to be objective in this blog. after all, i am an award-winning journalist and to be unbiased is so important. it shows a great deal of character, i feel.

it is, of course, difficult to remain unbiased when the right answer is staring you in the face. i get asked this question a lot: in the matter of playstation vs other consoles, what made me pick the playstation?

so i joke, saying that i always pick quality. however, when pressed, i say this with every ounce of conviction: it’s better. playstation versus wii is a no-brainer. even if you’re a casual gamer, having the ps3 makes sense. you can watch dvds on it, or listen to music. good luck doing that with the wii.

playstation vs xbox360… meh. sure, it might have some exclusive games. it’s also got a lot wrong with it. the red ring of death, anyone? do i really need to hold up the big old chart of failure rates?

what it comes down to is less about war, and more about personal choice. the wii is for a casual gamer. the xbox has some good games, but with the hidden costs, plus the failure rate… well, just made more sense to go with the ps3. plus, i don’t have to pay that annual mandatory fee.

however, if none of the above convinces you, check out this article from ign detailing the difference between ps3 and xbox 360. it has an amazing look at everything on both consoles, and does not play favourites.

let me be clear: i do not advocate piracy. i just want to watch tv on my ps3. that being said, here’s my beef: the ps3 browser has a lot of problems. mainly it hates flash, but there’s other issues too. since sony took away the ability to run linux, i can’t even find a nerdy way around it.

here’s the back story. i moved into an actual apartment building recently, and i had a revelation: i love being an adult. the one drawback of being an adult? paying for your own cable.

before my real place, i had been renting basements. my feelings on it are a mixed bag – on the one hand, it’s cool in the summer, plus it’s generally cheap, with most places throwing in laundry to boot. on the other… it’s damp, lots of bugs, and generally dark. it’s pretty much like living in a cave. however, here’s another bonus about toronto basement living: it usually comes with free cable. landlords love young business professionals who want to live in the basement.

in my real, adult home, me having cable makes no sense at all. i watch global, cp24 / citypulse and sometimes ctv. these are basic cable services and you get them for free. other than that, i used to have the food network playing all the time. is this one channel worth $90 a month? no. fuck no, if we’re opting for honesty. so i don’t get cable. i kind of miss it, to be honest and i have never been faced with this situation. so i turn to online, since sites like global and the food network have feeds going on. it’s always after the fact though, which is becoming increasingly annoying.

what does this have to do with the ps3, you ask? well it’s really quite simple. i could watch tv on a computer screen, or i could take advantage of the much-balleyhooed ‘media center’ bullshit the ps3 spits out and make it play on my giant tv. [if you still don’t get it, please go play in traffic. ]

one of the posters on the playstation board made a good point: most people watch tv online because it’s free. some do it to forgo the ads, but in general it’s the allure of free. tv stations bitch about the ads all the time, how they need them to run. a live feed would STILL let the commercials run, and let people watch for free. look at that! more winnings!

for a while there, mr jaffe was all ‘oh hey i might make a twisted metal game’. people were pretty pumped. twisted metal for the first playstation was pretty effing awesome. then, people started to go rabid at the thought of playing twisted metal on their big, shiny ps3. rumours went on. speculation abounded. it was said that if you walked past his house at a certain time, you could hear him laughing manically. gamers everywhere could not stop talking about twisted metal: the legend of probably never going to happen.

then, this on may 24 from the man’s twitter account:

‘By the way, I WISH we were making a new Twisted Metal. Making game you’ve already worked on is tons easier cuz your core blueprint is’.

last night over dinner, little_nerdxo tells me her friend is planning to get a ps3. i was stoked, mainly since it meant another real-world buddy on my game list. it was also a big deal since this friend used to be married to the wii.

the wii’s got a place in my heart and all, but little_nerdxo summed it up best: ‘now she’s really into video games, and she wants a serious system.’

indeed. so what are some reasons, besides all the marketing foofah, to get a ps3? we break it down like so:

ps3 triumph

god of war 3. although i guess if you need more reasons, keep reading.

‘folding@home’: this is a program that the ps3 has. if you activate it, it uses your machine’s spare computational cycles (when you are not kicking ass) to help stanford university scientists perform cancer research.

if you have an older model in a small room, it will keep your house warm.

all movies are smoother, thanks to the blu-ray player technology

speaking of blu-ray, it’s the best player on the market.

it’s ready out of the box. no buying adapters, or buying a web browser.

play for free online. yeah. FREE.

there’s something for everyone. whether you are a hardcore gamer, a family, or a kid, everyone’s got something.

if it breaks, it can be fixed quickly. no infamous red ring of death like xbox360.

we get weird japanese and indie games, like flow, flower and the last guy.

i’ve always wondered what would happen if nintendo and sony used their powers for good, together. in what can only been seen as an answer to my prayers, a french console modder named kotami answered my question.

i have long thought cufflinks to be an incredibly stylish part of fashion. ultimately not for me, but something i’m always glad to be part of. whether it’s buying them for people, thinking about buying them for people, or even focusing on people’s sleeves when they are wearing cufflinks… the whole process is amazing. i don’t know why. it has been suggested that since i am a life-long lover of shiny things, it is obviously the magpie side of my personality coming to the surface. we may never care know.

anyway, i came across this and needed to share with you all. they’re custom cufflinks! even better, they’re replicas of old NES game cartridges. this is awesome: laura swingle [aka the clay collection] takes old nintendo games, makes a likeness of them in clay and voila! you get to amaze everyone at any public event. or, if you’re less of an exhibitionist, you can sit in the dark and quietly fondle them in the privacy of your own home.

jokes aside, you can get any game you want on these things, just as long as she can find the game art on the internets. as an added bonus, she does playstation games!

these works or art are going to cost you anywhere between $19-$22. go forth and visit laura swingle on etsy to place your order. if that’s not your style, there are many other jewellery options, like necklaces and stuff.